A rather wet retirement party but good fun anyway. Peter strapped up his knee and manged to walk around though I suspect it was with some difficulty. He said it was better once he got moving. It was such a shame that the good weather has melted away and it was an afternoon and evening of sudden, very heavy showers. There must have been about 500 people there and the event took on a festival atmosphere as people decided to ignore the rain and carry on having fun. I treated myself to a Hockins ice cream from the van which was selling these delicious traditional ice creams made with cream rather than chemicals to thicken the mixture. There was a hog roast and burgers as well as the nibbles brought in by everyone. The children were having a wonderfully messy time with the chocolate fountains and I must own up to sneaking a handful or two of the cherries to eat sans chocolate. It was great to talk to ex members of staff and catch up on their news. I wore a jazzy pink, purple and black top supplemented by lots of pink swans down. Live music was provided by a local band and by some of the entrants to the Pilton Stars in Their Eyes Show. Mrs B and the rest of 'ABBA' sang as well and then despite the rain we all sang the rest of the songs on their cd. At least ABBA is something that everyone young and old can join in.
At one point somebody on the stage said it was just like Glastonbury but without the mud which put a good spin on the rain. Some of the children got completely soaked playing in the puddles, the bouncy castles had deflated by this time, but it was still warm so it didn't matter.
At one point somebody on the stage said it was just like Glastonbury but without the mud which put a good spin on the rain. Some of the children got completely soaked playing in the puddles, the bouncy castles had deflated by this time, but it was still warm so it didn't matter.The sound quality on the clip is pretty terrible, sorry Mike, but it does give an idea of the atmosphere. I could have made a much better video when the stage was full of kids just dancing away to a cd and the boys performing spectacular leaps off the front of the stage but then I wouldn't have been able to post it anyway. We left at 7.00 while the party was still going strong but 5 hours was enough for us oldies.
2 comments:
Looks like everyone was enjoying themselves. They didn't let a little rain dampen their fun. :-)
Typical - just when you needed a fine day. Seems that it didn't stop people enjoying themselves though.
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